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2 months ago, Kristof Ramon got this shot of a selfie at the Giro. The taker of it later apologized and that was it. At the Tour, along roads with larger crowds than the historic race has ever seen, selfies are back in the news with Zoe finding herself and her tweet in a Twitter Storm.

Frustrated, and for good reason, Ramunas Navardauskas was seen smacking phones out of fan’s hands (video since removed). As I wrote about the selfies at the Giro, let’s hope the norms of the crowd end this trend and quick. Here’s what Tejay van Garderen had to say…

Standing I the middle of the road with you back turned while 200 cyclists come at you, just to take a selfie. #think#TDF2014